For anyone mistakenly believing the latest United Nations global gabfest on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan was all about saving the planet, it was in fact all about money.
This annual 11-day meeting, although it always goes into overtime — formally known as COP29 or the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — was always about money, specifically about redistributing money from developed countries like Canada to developing nations.
Mass immigration and an alienated working class are a combustible mix, as the nation’s recent riots showed.
The outbreak of anti-immigrant mob violence in England this summer, in which rioters went as far as to set fire to buildings with immigrants in them—for example, an attack on a Holiday Inn near Rotherham that housed 220 such immigrants, in the course of which a masked attacker entered the building and made a gesture indicating that the residents might have their throats cut—did not surprise me. It broke out after the stabbing to death of three small children, and the injury of ten more, at a dance lesson in Southport, a seaside town north of Liverpool, by the son of Rwandan refugees.
OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives lost the last two general elections with very different approaches to the dire threat of the climate crisis.
In 2019, under Andrew Scheer, the party gestured towards the seriousness of the challenge but offered no detailed plan to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause it. The centrepiece was a promise to tear down the governing Liberals’ national carbon pricing scheme — lampooned as a costly and ineffectual “tax” by the staunchly pro-fossil fuel Tories and their provincial counterparts across the country.
Green = Impoverishment
Have you ever witnessed a person slowly consumed by a burning hatred?
Exhibit A. pic.twitter.com/9nQhR2hnrB
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) November 24, 2024
The Vancouver Police Board says its vice-chair has resigned following statements she posted to social media that were inconsistent with its code of conduct.
OMG! Behold The Horror!
Of the screenshots shared to Reddit, one post discusses how “mass immigration” and “a growing aversion to assimilation” are “transforming Canada into a place where a shared identity is disappearing.”
Another post questions Diwali celebrations at schools, saying the “push for secular education isn’t about religion — it’s about erasing Christian values from the lives of our children.”
I thought she lived in South Sudan because says she lives in a country that hates women.
Turns out she lives in the US. pic.twitter.com/tOji13ynxQ
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) November 23, 2024
… I’m imagining a world where everyone has a personal AI assistant. Perhaps you’ve had it for years; perhaps eventually people will have them from childhood. It knows all about you, and it just wants to make you happy and help you enjoy your life. It takes care of chores and schedules and keeping track of things, it orders ahead for you at restaurants, it smooths your way through traffic or airports, maybe it even communicates with other AI assistants to hook you up with suitable romantic partners. (Who knows what you like better?) Perhaps it’s on your phone, or in a wristband, talking to you via airpods or something like that.
A parting attempt to obstruct the incoming president’s promises of a crackdown on illegal immigration.
WASHINGTON — If you think of Joe Biden as a nice old man who was kicked to the curb, consider his administration’s jaw-dropping efforts to sabotage Donald Trump. The president-elect plans to actually enforce federal immigration law starting Jan. 20, when Trump takes the oath of office. As the New York Post reported Thursday, Team Biden “is quietly rushing to implement new policies that will loosen restrictions on migrants who entered the U.S. illegally — a parting attempt to thwart President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns and mass deportations,” according to sources.
OTTAWA — Take your pick.
The federal Liberals’ GST two-month “holiday” on so-called essential goods plus a $250 cheque for anyone who earned under $150,000 last year is …
Can Donald Trump bring peace to Ukraine in a day, as he asserted during the presidential campaign, even before he enters the White House?
The short answer is: no.
To be sure, his election has helped change the tone of the protagonists. Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky says he is ready to work for peace in 2025.
It is infuriating to watch the images that were splashed across our screens Friday night.
Both the violence in Montreal – the cars burnt, the windows smashed by the Hamas loving thugs – and the images of Justin Trudeau dancing at the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.
Comparisons to Nero fiddling while Rome burns have been made countless times, but in this instance they are accurate.
We are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after President Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016.
The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are now suspect. And they are likely to be dethroned — from the trivial to the existential.
Critics claim Trump has no mandate to stage such a counterrevolution. They argue that he did not win 51 percent of the popular vote or achieve a Reaganesque landslide in the Electoral College.
Colleges and universities face job cuts, deficits amid international student cap
Ontario’s colleges and universities say the federal government’s cap on international students is taking a toll on the higher education sector as some schools face growing deficits, layoffs and, in at least one case, a temporary campus closure.
St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., said it has eliminated 30 administrative and support positions and warned of further job cuts after its foreign student enrolment dropped by 50 per cent.
President and CEO Glenn Vollebregt said the college is participating in a provincewide efficiency review that is expected to conclude early next year and as that unfolds, “SLC cannot guarantee that there will be no further layoffs.”
“This may result in increased competition for Canadian workers.”
— @CitImmCanadaPODCAST: @MarcMillerVM reneges on promise to limit work hours for foreign students.
“It’ll cost Canadian students entry level jobs. The feds know it and they don’t care.”https://t.co/94Bc2WPySd pic.twitter.com/3ekzqL9kls
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) November 21, 2024
Sebastian Stan went from an MCU darling to serious actor in one awards season.
This fall, Stan stars in “A Different Man,” a black comedy about a disfigured actor whose life is transformed following a medical procedure. He’s also the main character in “The Apprentice,” The Hollywood hit piece based on Donald Trump’s formative years.
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